Major League Baseball's All-Star Game will return to Cincinnati in 2015.

Commissioner Bud Selig made the announcement this afternoon and also said that the newest MLB Urban Youth Academy will be built in Cincinnati for 2015.

"The history of MLB cannot be told without the story of Cincinnati," Selig said.

Selig said Cincinnati fans won't recognize the All-Star Game since it was last in the Queen City in 1988. "The scale of the All-Star game now is stunning," Selig said. " … It's a six-day event. This will start on Thursday. … it will be a great economic benefit to Cincinnati from $80 to 100 million."

Reds owner Bob Castellini said baseball could not have selected a more grateful or worthy community.

"The 2015 season is destined to be one of our greatest," Castellini said. " … the honor has been earned by you, our fans."

Asked if Pete Rose would be allowed to participate, Selig said he wouldn't comment on that today.

MLB is committing $1.5 million to the development of the Reds MLB Urban Youth Academy, a future state-of-the-art facility that will provide free, year-round baseball and softball instruction and educational programs to Greater Cincinnati youth from ages six to 18.

The Reds have tried to get the game back since they moved into Great American Ball Park in 2003. It'll be in New York this year, followed by Minneapolis in 2014.